Harold Strauss

Background

Strauss, Harold was born on June 18, 1907 in New York City. Son of Jack and Florence (Klauber) Strauss.

Education

Student Horace Mann School for Boys, 1919-1924. Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Harvard, 1928.

Career

Editor, Alfred H. King, book public, 1929-1932. Production director Covici-Friede, Incorporated., book public, 1932-1934, editor-in-chief, 1934-1938. Director New York City Federal Writers’s project, editor New York City Guide, 1938-1939.

Associate editor Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated., New York City, 1939-1942, editor in chief, 1942-1966, consultant editor, 1966-1975, director, 1967-1975.

Achievements

• Harold Strauss has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science writing advising committee Columbia School Journalism. Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Winner Bowdoin prize Harvard, 1928.

Clubs: PEN (member Executive Board, Chairman of Commission on translation).

Connections

Married Mildred Berstein, May 21, 1931.

Father:

Jack Strauss

Mother:

Florence (Klauber) Strauss

Spouse:

Mildred Berstein